Trinity Centre for Post-Conflict Justice

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Justice

The theme of justice is examined within this strand and addresses norms, processes, and conceptions of local and international justice in post-conflict contexts.

Torture, Truth and Denial: This project focuses on truth commission reports and human rights documentation of torture practices. It addresses public debates on the legitimacy of torture practices and considers the impact of torture on victims, torturers and wider society. Researcher: David Tombs

Discourse in Transition, Ethics and Human Rights: Communitarianism within human rights discourse has particular relevance in post-conflict contexts. This research analyses the consequent dimensions and tensions. Researcher: Linda Hogan

Transition

Projects within this strand explore issues related to the transition from periods of atrocity, focusing on peace-building and governmentality.

Paramilitary Violence After the Great War, 1918-1923: The continuation of violence after the formal conclusion of wars is the focus of this project which is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Researcher (and co-organizer): John Horne

Peace-Processes in Northern Ireland and Cyprus: The political process of peacebuilding is analysed in light of the comparative experiences of Northern Ireland, Ireland and Cyprus. Researcher: Etain Tannam

Memory and Reconciliation

The theme of memory and reconciliation frames the projects within this strand which look at how victims, perpetrators, and their descendants, remember atrocities and how local and global communities ‘read’ the past.

Towards Integrated Approaches to Peacebuilding: This research analyses the interplay of theological, ethical, psychological and ecclesiological perspectives on contributions to intercultural division, enmity and violence. This includes an investigation of the dynamics of loss, mourning, and reconciliation in post-conflict transition and an assessment of the self-critical and expressive role of the churches in moving beyond sectarianism and embodying peace. It also considers the process of inspiring hope and social trust within pluralist contexts and the re-imagination of an ecumenical theology of peace in Northern Ireland and beyond. Researcher: Geraldine Smyth

Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism: Diversity, Dialogue and Reconciliation: The role of churches and faith communities in reconciliation in post-conflict transition in Northern Ireland and Ireland is explored in this project which is funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Researchers: Linda Hogan, Gladys Ganiel and Geraldine Smyth (with Andrew Pierce)